#268B9E#268B9E

#268B9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.093 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B9E
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 158)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 12%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, -21.58, -18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 28.28, 220.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% -0.0774 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.093 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2009, 21.3440, 35.6071)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B9E #9E3926

analogous

#269E75 #268B9E #264F9E

triadic

#268B9E #9E268B #8B9E26

tetradic

#268B9E #75269E #9E3926 #4F9E26

square

#268B9E #75269E #9E3926 #4F9E26

split-complementary

#268B9E #9E264F #9E7526

monochromatic

#0E343B #1A606D #268B9E #33B5CE #65C7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#268B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#268B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B9E

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B9E	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.093 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adba',
    500: '#268b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b9e;
$custom-light: #74adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5891,
    "c": 0.09267,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B9E

secondary

#C06F60

accent

#5D43E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B9E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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